Ethical systems and practices need to look good. They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

I think it's important that we run that tension between the way things are, in terms of the way we're governed, and the way we sort of become complacent.

I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with 'em.

I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part. Certainly, we need government and legislation, but the governments really listen to people, so we all have to bring to the table our own effort or our own passion in whatever way that manifests itself.

Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I can play a lot of things, but I haven't mastered any one. I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world.